Xbox boss Phil Spencer is often spotted playing Xbox in his spare time (you only have to follow his gamertag to see what he's up to), so it's fair to say there are some old franchises he'd love to play again on modern systems. Well, at a recent Tokyo Game Show panel, the boss talked about one Xbox franchise he'd like to see revived.
When asked about returning IP, Phil said that the MechAssault (and MechWarrior) games are something he'd like to see modernised. In fact, the Xbox boss says that he feels the franchise "was ahead of its time" back in the original Xbox days. Check out Phil's thoughts in the clip below:
Phil went on to say that there are no plans for the franchise right now; warning fans not to take this answer as some sort of hint or "leak". He then referenced Xbox's huge leak from last week in a jokey sort of way - at least he sees the funny side of things!
This probably wouldn't be top of our list when it comes to old Xbox revivals, but it's cool to hear Phil's take on what would be good to bring back. We're sure there are plenty of fans out there who'd love to see a new MechAssault title!
What old Xbox IP would you like to see come back? Drop your thoughts down below.
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You only need to follow someone's gamertag to see what they're up to? I never really looked at the privacy settings, but are you able to make your account private, so these followers can't see what you're up to?
@CutchuSlow I'd assume there are some privacy settings to prevent this, yeah. Phil's profile is public though, so, you can always follow P3 and see what's he's playing!
@CutchuSlow @Kezelpaso Yes you can absolutely make parts or all of your account private. (Settings -> Account -> Privacy on Xbox) I used to do this after I had played with some people I knew from work, but I didn't want them to see if I was online during the work day! (Self employment has it's perks as long as the work gets done)
I loved Mechwarrior back in the day. I think VR would be a perfect fit for it.
Some more games in the Battletech universe would be nice, yeah. Microsoft still has the gaming rights to a whole bunch of the old FASA RPG universes, right?
Conker's Bad Fur Day and Banjo-Kazooie, for me. We're already getting a new Perfect Dark, so no complaints there.
Splinter Cell needs to return. Absolutely miss them games - imagine it on the Series X
@lightweight u do know there's a upcoming remake from the First one by Ubisoft, RIGHT?
Scalebound please, and Mech Assault was great.
Crimson Skies! That's one of the very few games I've replayed from start to finish.
Why is no one talking about the Lost Odyssey. 🙏
@Lightweight Xbox doesn’t own this IP anymore. Think it’s being revived by Ubisoft
I’d love to see the “madness” games come back. Specifically Motorcross Madness and Midtown Madness. Loved those games!!!!
@Lightweight A remake is in the works. It was announced in 2021. Who knows when it will come out though. I imagine another year or two.
I'm rather sure its not the first time he brings Mech Assault.
I know the license for Battletech is a bit odd (same for Shadowrun) but maybe we get to see something sooner or later. They do own the videogame rights.
If going back to original Xbox, would love another/updated Jade Empire…
Please, please, please, please, please, please, please, please, please, please, please, please, please, please, please, please, please, bring back Shadowrun the first person shooter, or just remaster or remake the game.
I will throw my money at that day one.
@IronMan30 bad fur day... But uncensored. That game was hilarious!
I know a remake of Front Mission was done recently but Front Mission 3 was amazing. I lost weeks of my life to that game and considering I'm not a huge "turn based" fan, it says alot for that game. So yeah, hopefully they remake Front Mission 3.
I'd rather Voodoo Vince (even Sphinx and the Cursed Mummy the Mummy parts were very competitive with the ideas in Voodoo Vince) or Blinx but that's just me. Whacked even.
Mech Assault is great but not experienced/research it much but I don't mind mech games. I like Battle Engine Aquila, I do Star Wars Clone Wars 2002 as a vehicle experience. I'm getting into Ace Combat games on 360 now and not played many flight games but I want to get more into vehicle focused games.
PGR would be ruined/be what Forza Horizon is but maybe more city focused. Not interested if they revived PGR at all. I love the series I know they'd ruin it.
I haven't played many notable Xbox OG games exclusive or otherwise like Brute Force or Raze's Hell, among others.
For 360 not sure. Xbox One I mean Scalebound/how the Fable project would have been of a dungeon master/heroes survive thing I think it was.
I’d LOVE a new Mechassault.
How about something new and original? I'm getting tired of playing the same games over and over again.
I would like IP Royal Games to be revived, so many players keep logging in just wanting to play the games
Blinx... but done well.
Yeah mech games would be rad, and Tenchu
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